Sweet Pongal

 

Ingredients

• Rice - one cup
• Mung dhal - 2 tbsp
• Milk - 1/4 cup
• Water - 4 cups
• Jaggery - one cup
• Cashews - 2 tbsp
• Golden raisins - one tbsp
• Ghee - 1/4 cup
• Edible Camphor - one pinch
• Crushed cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp

Method

1. Cook rice in water and milk until soft and mushy.
2. Mean while roast the cashews and golden raisins in one tbsp ghee.
3. Place a heavy bottom deepo sauce pan on the stove.
4. Add the jaggery(crushed) and 1/4 cup water.
5. Let the jaggery become a syrup let it boil for 3-4 mins.
6. Once the rice is cooked add the rice to the syrup and mix well.
7. Once the syrup and rice becomes a homogeneous mixture, add the camphor, cashews and raisins.
8. serve with hot ghee drizzled on top.